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Modeling Terms
These modeling terms will help you get more familiar with the industry.
- creates advertising campaigns for clients, selects models.
- artist who creates layout for ads, illustrates model's poses.
- the actual physical movements by actors in any scene.
- enlargement photo from a negative or slide.
- person at agency who sets appointments for models.
- when you tell your agency that you are unavailable to work for certain day(s).
- advance payment for future use of a print ad or a commercial for a specific period of time.
- choosing models/actors for a specific job
- posing for mail order items for major retailers.
- several agencies send many models of the same general type to a casting session.
- script used to describe clothes for a fashion show.
- promotional advertisement on TV, radio or other media.
- a percentage of model's fee required as payment to agency.
- · COMPOSITE CARD; COMP CARD
- card with 3 to 5 photos of model and their details to promote and distribute to prospective clients.
- ad agency employee who determines the model type.
- an overdone fashion; passing craze.
- puts fashion shows outfits together in retail stores.
- modeling the original sample garment to test for sizing. clients chose a model whose measurements match the sample size exactly.
- · FORMAL FASHION SHOW, RUNWAY SHOW
- invited audience, stage, music; models walk down runway to show designer clothing.
- modeling for many clients without agency representation.
- photo from the neck up - a very popular photographic style.
- extreme, chic, sophisticated model type.
- poses for the use of artists.
- in stores or restaurants, walk around modeling clothing with no runway
- position of model and garment in a fashion show.
- assignment site outside the studio.
- 4 to 6 times per year when seasonal clothing lines are shown to buyers.
- a large tote in which you carry all your makeup and working essentials.
- contract in which the model gives permission to use the photo.
- represents model for employment and receives a percentage of the booking fees.
- a scene performed by one person for a client, that reflects a particular mood and demonstrates your acting talent.
- casting when the client sees all models suitable for the type requested.
- · PARTS MODEL
specific features of a model suitable for close up product modeling, such as lips, hands and feet.- · PORTFOLIO
- casebook or photo gallery which show the model at his/her photogenic best and a variety of samples of their work (tearsheets or pullsheets).
- photography taken for catalogue and mail order, books, brochures, ads or editorial for magazines or newspapers, magazine covers, commercial photography for household products, business products and services, glamour products.
- intermediate stage of photo development from which the best poses are chosen.
- creating an image of a product or service in the eyes of the public, mainly through newspaper articles or printed news releases sent by the public relations agent.
- additional money paid when a piece runs as a repeat.
- calling on prospective clients for photography and television.
- a narrow raised platform on which the model walks to show the clothing.
- to look for prospective models who have not yet applied with the agency.
- manufacturer's showcase of a clothing line to buyers using live models when the seasonal clothing designs are being shown.
- to state your name on video camera before your commercial audition.
- at the photographer's and model’s cost, which hopes will be picked up by a client.
- model chosen to explain the features of a product/service.
- Statistical information of a model, including measurements, size, height, etc
- one whose work is not for a specific client or job, but whose photos get listed in a general catalogue by number for any client to purchase.
- artwork that shows each scene of a commercial, show or movie.
- light unit that flashes which is used by a photographer.
- celebrity declaration to the value of a product/service; improvisational endorsement of a product or service that the celebrity has officially tested, used and approved.
- · TEST SHOTS; TEST PHOTOGRAPHY
- free or low cost photos used to build a beginning portfolio.
- · TFP; TFCD; TFDVD
trade for prints, CD or DVD; popular method to exchange photo shoot time to build a beginning portfolio for a model and/or a photographer.
· SHOTS
- photo from head to mid thigh or generally all types of photos.
- industry promotional display of products/services usually in a hotel or convention center.
- the slide forms of a photograph; digitally a set of thumbnails displayed on computer.
- informal modeling of one specific designer line, usually in a store or small boutique.
- additional fees for higher exposure, like a billboard or national use.
- a location job that is dependent on fair weather, may be canceled the day before or that morning.
Shown above: Dream Star Promotional Pitch with Liz
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